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Jul 28 11 4:39 PM
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“At the outset, it is important to state what this motion is not about. Contrary to recent press accounts and editorials …, this case is not about whether Jack Kirby or Stan Lee is the real ‘creator’ of Marvel characters, or whether Kirby (and other freelance artists who created culturally iconic comic book characters for Marvel and other publishers) were treated ‘fairly’ by companies that grew rich off the fruit of their labor. It is about whether Kirby’s work qualifies as work-for-hire under the Copyright Act of 1909…. If it does, then Marvel owns the copyright in the Kirby Works, whether that is ‘fair’ or not.”
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